| Reading Schedule |
8 January
Monday |
Course Introduction:
What’s Southern about Southern Literature? |
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10 January
Wednesday
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The South:
The Land and Its People |
Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia |
| William Byrd, “Description of the Dismal Swamp” |
| William Bartram, from Travels |
| W.J. Cash, from The Mind of the South |
15 January
Monday
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Holiday--No Class Meeting |
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17 January
Wednesday |
Defining the South:
Classic Concepts |
Henry Timrod, “Literature in the South” |
| Frank Lawrence Owsley, “The Irrepressible Conflict” |
| C.Vann Woodward, "The Search for Southern Identity" |
| Richard Harwell, "The Stream of Self-Consciousness" |
22 January
Monday
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Speaking the Unspeakable:
Slave Narratives |
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass |
| James Henry Hammond, “Letter to an English Abolitionist” |
24 January
Wednesday |
Speaking the Unspeakable:
Slave Narratives |
Linda Brent, from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl |
29 January
Monday |
The "Unwritten War" |
Kate Stone, “Fleeing from Our Servants” |
| Céline Frémont, “A Cap for Mrs. Worthy” |
| Mary Boykin Chestnut, “The View from Mills House” |
| John Paris, Sermon on Desertion |
31 January
Wednesday
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The Legacy of War :
The Civil War in Contemporary Fiction
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Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain |
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5 February
Monday
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The Legacy of War :
The Civil War in Contemporary Fiction |
Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain |
7 February
Wednesday |
The Legacy of War :
The Civil War in Contemporary Fiction |
Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain |
12 February
Monday
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Aliens among Us:
Investigating Identity |
Kate Chopin, "Desiree's Baby"
--Text of the story available here |
| Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson |
14 February
Wednesday
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Aliens among Us:
Investigating Identity |
Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson |
19 February
Monday |
Southern Burdens:
Family and History
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William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury |
21 February
Wednesday |
Southern Burdens:
Family and History |
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury |
26 February
Monday
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Southern Burdens:
Family and History |
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury |
28 February
Wednesday
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Southern Burdens:
Family and History |
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury |
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5 March
Monday |
Songs of the South |
Selected Poetry |
7 March
Wednesday |
Reading Day--No Class Meeting |
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9 March
Friday
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Take-Home Midterm Exam Due |
12 March
Monday |
Spring Break–No Class Meeting |
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14 March
Wednesday |
Spring Break–No Class Meeting |
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19 March
Monday |
Finding Oneself:
Journeys Out and In |
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God |
21 March
Wednesday |
Finding Oneself:
Journeys Out and In |
Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God |
26 March
Monday |
Race and Sex:
Understanding the Southern Body |
Lillian Smith, Killers of the Dream |
28 March
Wednesday |
Race and Sex:
Understanding the Southern Body |
Lillian Smith, Killers of the Dream |
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2 April
Monday |
Other Bodies, Other Lessons:
The Southern Gay Gothic
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Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms |
4 April
Wednesday |
Other Bodies, Other Lessons:
The Southern Gay Gothic |
Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms |
9 April
Monday |
The Southern Grotesque:
The Short Fiction of Flannery O'Connor |
Flannery O’Connor, Everything That Rises Must Converge |
| Alice Walker, “Beyond the Peacock” |
11 April
Wednesday |
The Southern Grotesque:
The Short Fiction of Flannery O'Connor |
Flannery O’Connor, Everything That Rises Must Converge |
16 April
Monday |
From the Outside In:
The South through Northern Eyes |
John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
18 April
Wenesday |
From the Outside In:
The South through Northern Eyes |
John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
23 April
Monday |
From the Outside In:
The South through Northern Eyes |
John Berendt, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
25 April
Wednesday |
Reconstructing the South:
Course Review |
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2 May
Wednesday |
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Take-Home Final Exam Due |